Finds-The-Way Playthrough
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| Playthrough Info | |
| Game | Skyrim Anniversary Edition |
| Race | Argonian |
| Playthrough Dates | 7/8/2023-8/23/2024 |
| Platform | PC, Steam Deck |
| Language | German |
| Difficulty | Adept |
This is the page for my ninth Skyrim playthrough, for the Argonian character Finds-The-Way, who was a thief and assassin.
I began this playthrough on 7/8/2023, as part of verifying whether my base Skyrim game was still okay after a disastrous attempt to recover Harrowhark’s playthrough. But I went ahead and decided to play her, with a few goals in mind:
- Running with no mods whatsoever, just so I could have Achievements–not a thing I’ve been able to do before
- Playing in German!
- Running the Thieves Guild again
- Playing the Dark Brotherhood, finally
Finds’ playthrough concluded on 8/23/2024. Her posts are not yet done, though, and I’ll be working on getting those caught up, since she did have a complete playthrough. Until then, her playthrough will remain in the Current section of the Skyrim playthroughs on the site.
Like Ysani before her, Finds is named (indirectly) after my character Wayfound from my days on Two Moons MUSH.
Finds-The-Way’s Backstory
Very rough idea for Finds’ backstory is that she’s marsh-born, from a very remote tribe that hasn’t had a Shadowscale born to them in a very long time. But she was born under the sign of the Shadow, and her tribe’s Hist realized she would have to go to Skyrim to find the Dark Brotherhood to receive training there.
As a cover story, she also cheerfully claimed to have relatives working at the Riften docks. Who most likely conveniently “died” the first time a dragon strafed the place in her run!
Playthrough Posts
Here are all the posts about Finds-The-Way’s playthrough! These are dynamically updated, so a new post should appear here when it goes up. They’re listed in descending date order, so the newest posts should always appear first. Also, note the pagination controls after the first five posts. You can page through to see the older ones.
- In Which Finds-The-Way Quests Through the Soul Cairn - 12/23/2024In which Finds-The-Way infiltrates Castle Volkihar with Serana; finds Serana's mother Valerica's hidden laboratory; activates a portal to the Soul Cairn; finds a dead saint's lost writing, and the soul of a dead horse; finds Valerica and reunites her with Serana; slays the undead dragon Durnehviir... temporarily; escapes the Soul Cairn; returns to Fort Dawnguard, and discovers that the Moth Priest Dexion has gone blind.
- In Which Finds-The-Way Quests for the Dawnguard - 11/29/2024In which Finds-The-Way rescues Serana from Dimhollow Crypt; declines her father's offer to become a vampire; recruits Sorine and Gunmar for the Dawnguard; rescues the Moth Priest Dexion; rescues Florentius from Ruunvald; recovers a sword and a schematic from Mzinchaleft; and returns to Castle Volkihar to search for Serana's mother.
- In Which Finds-The-Way Joins the Dawnguard - 11/11/2024In which Finds-The-Way carries out two contracts for the Dark Brotherhood; slays a dragon attacking her farm at Goldenhills Plantation; creates a feast for Gisli in Solitude; and ventures into Dayspring Canyon to find and join the Dawnguard.
- In Which Finds-The-Way Recovers the Crown of Barenziah - 10/31/2024In which Finds-The-Way steals a horse from the Black-Briar Lodge on behalf of Louis Letrush; slays a necromancer in Ansilvund and puts the ghosts of two lovers to rest; and recovers the Crown of Barenziah from Tolvald's Cave.
- In Which Finds-The-Way Slays Alduin in Sovngarde - 10/21/2024In which Finds-The-Way slays a dragon at Dawnstar; arranges a peace conference at High Hrothgar; refuses to kill Paarthurnax; traps Odahviing at Dragonsreach; journeys to Skuldafn, and fights her way to Sovngarde; and slays Alduin in Sovngarde with the help of the ancient heroes.